A photograph of "The Mail Rider," who probably served the Medlin community in Swain County, North Carolina. In "Our Southern Highlanders" (p. 30), Kephart notes that, "A mountain settlement consists or all who get their mail at the same place. …
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, "The Cabin in Winter" This photograph appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders," 1921 edition, p. 161, as "Cabin on the Little Fork of Sugar Fork of Hazel…
Kephart lived near the community of Medlin in Swain County, North Carolina, from 1904 - 1907. This view, labeled "Medlin from Sugar Fork (evening)," is on Album page 15 with a general page heading "Great Smoky Mts." Six previous captions with…
This photograph shows a young man seated in front of a cabin. The oblong hole in the wall to his left is also seen in several other photographs, including a picture in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 288) captioned "She knows no…
This photograph is on Album page 11 with the heading "Annual Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Birdtown on Ocona Lufty, Oct. 2, 1904." The location of the photograph on the page was deduced from erased Album captions.
A clipping with a handwritten caption indicating that this is "Western Monteith's House." The printed caption reads: "A Mountain Home. This cabin is neither better nor worse than the average dwelling in the Smokies. The boards and shingles are split…
A photograph of "Mrs. Alma Brown and Homer," of the Dicks Creek community in Jackson County, North Carolina. This photograph is on Album page 3 with the heading "Tuckaseegee River." The oblong hole in the cabin wall to the left of Mrs. Brown's head…